Vocabulary Logs,Practice Activities,

and Word Lists

Supplement to Dynamic Vocabulary Instruction

Anita L. Archerarcherteach@aol.com

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Name Story/Chapter

Word My Own Words Image/Representation

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Word Diagrams

Word What it is What it is like

Examples Non-Examples

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Glossary Entries(Glencoe Marketing Series: Sports & Entertainment Marketing)

promotion any form of communication used to persuade people to buy products product line a group of closely related products manufactured and/or sold by a companyproduct placement the appearance of a product as a prop in a film or TV show

Word Diagrams

Word What it is What it is like

Examples Non-Examples

promotion form of communication

to persuade people to buy products

TV adsradio adssigns

News articlesTV sitcom

productline

a group of closely related products

manufactured or sold by a company

Nike –men’s sport footwear and apparelwomen’s sport footwear and apparel

Not sold by a companyCokePepsi

productplacement

appearance of a product

as a prop in a film or TV show

Cast member on “Friends” drinking a Coke or typing on a Mac (with the Apple

A case of Coke displayed in a store

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visible)

Four-Square Vocabulary

Word Examples

Definition Non-Examples

Word Examples

Definition Non-Examples

Word Examples

Definition Non-Examples

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Four-Square Vocabulary

1. Dictate the word to be taught and have students record in square.2. Describe the word. 3. Have students suggest examples of the word and record a number of

examples.4. Have students provide non-examples of the concept and record of

number of non-examples.5. Finally, have students write a definition of the concept.

(Adapted from Word Power by Steven Stahl & Barbara Kapinus, 2001)

Word

soothing

Examples

music, a bath, a nap

Definition

comfortingoffering relief

Non-Examples

Tests, loud noises, being called on

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Word Mapping

What is it? (definition) What is it like?

The Word

What are some examples?

(Schwartz, 1988; Schwartz & Raphael, 1985)

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Semantic Feature Analysis

Concept:

(Pittelman, Heimlich, Berglund, & French, 1991; Johnson & Pearson, 1984)

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Polysemous Words(Multiple Meaning Words)

Word

Setting/Situation Setting/Situation Setting/Situation

Meaning Meaning Meaning

Setting/Situation Setting/Situation Setting/Situation

Meaning Meaning Meaning

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Polysemous Words(Multiple Meanings)

Word

division

Setting/Situationmath

Setting/Situationgovernment

Setting/Situation biology

Meaning An operation Inverse of

multiplication

Meaning Division

(separation) of powers between branches of government

Meaning Division of cells

Separation into one or more classes

Setting/Situationmilitary

Setting/Situationhousing area

suburbs

Setting/Situationbusiness

Meaning A unit in the

army.

Meaning A housing division An area of houses

usually built at the same time with the same style

Meaning A large

department in a company

Word Form Chart

Noun Adjective Verb Adverb

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consequence consequently

handicap handicapped to handicap

illiterate illiterate

reliable to rely on reliably

strict strictly

conservative conservatively

irony ironic ironically

interpretation to interpret

requirement required to require

(Kate Kinsella, 2002)

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Word

Definition Sentence Personal clue

Word

Definition Examples Non-examples

Word

Definition Sentence Visual Representation

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Word Card Activities

1. Sort the word cards by category. (e.g., words related to people, words related to things).

2. Find words that have certain connotations such as positive and negative, good and bad, desirable and undesirable.

3. Sort words by part of speech (e.g., nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives).

4. Make sentences using pairs of words.

5. Group words and then explain basis of groupings.

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Word Pairs - Example

Word Pair Same

Opposite Go Together

No Relation

desert - nomad

nomad - wanderer

nomad - settler

desert – city

caravan - travel

desert - arid

desert - humid

desert – rain forest

Biome - environmentStahl & Kapinus, 2001

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Lesson 1: Ecosystems Quick Words

DEFINITION MATCH VOCABULARY WORD

1. matter needed by plants and animals so they can live

D A. bacteria

2. all things that exist, including our solar system and beyond

M B. requirements

3. very tiny single-celled organisms A C scientists4. the end of or dying out of a type of plant or animal

H D. nutrients

5. a living community of organisms and their physical environment

L E. predator

6. finally O F. fungus7. an animal that hunts or kills another for food E G. climate 8. actions or influences on each other K H. extinction 9 living things; including all plants and animals

J I. protists

10. people with expert knowledge of science C J. organisms11. very humid or having to do with the tropics N K. interactions12. the pattern of weather conditions in an area or region

G L. ecosystem

13. usually single-celled organisms that have both plant and animal characteristics.

I M. universe

14. things that are needed or depended on B N. tropical15. a plant-like organism without leaves, flowers, or green coloring

F O. eventually

(Rewards Plus – Science Applications)

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Lesson 1: Ecosystems Quick Words

DEFINITION MATCH VOCABULARY WORD

1. matter needed by plants and animals so they can live

A. bacteria

2. all things that exist, including our solar system and beyond

B. requirements

3. very tiny single-celled organisms C scientists4. the end of or dying out of a type of plant or animal

D. nutrients

5. a living community of organisms and their physical environment

E. predator

6. finally F. fungus7. an animal that hunts or kills another for food G. climate 8. actions or influences on each other H. extinction 9 living things; including all plants and animals

I. protists

10. people with expert knowledge of science J. organisms11. very humid or having to do with the tropics K. interactions12. the pattern of weather conditions in an area or region

L. ecosystem

13. usually single-celled organisms that have both plant and animal characteristics.

M. universe

14. things that are needed or depended on N. tropical15. a plant-like organism without leaves, flowers, or green coloring

O. eventually

(Rewards Plus – Science Applications)

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Scientific Prefixes and Suffixes

a-; an- not; without; lacking; deficientab- away from; out from-able capable ofac- to; toward-aceous of or pertaining toacou-; acous- hearad- to; towardaden- glandadip- fataero- airagri- field; soil-al having the character ofalb- whitealg-; algia painalto- highambi- bothameb- change; alternationamni- fetal membraneamphi-; ampho- bothamyl- starchana- up; back; againandro- man; masculineanemo- windang- choke; feel painangi- blood vessel; ductante- before; ahead of timeanter- frontantho- floweranti- against; oppositeanthropo- man; human-ap; -aph- touchapo-; ap- away fromaqu- waterarcheo- primitive; ancient

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-ary; -arium denotes a place for somethingarteri- arteryarthr- joint; articulation-ase forms names of enzymesaster-; astr star-ate verb form – the act ofather- fatty deposit-ation noun form – the act ofatmo- vaporaudi- hearaur- earauto- selfbacter-; bactr- bacterium; stick; clubbarb- beardbaro- weightbath- depth; heightbene- well; goodbi- (Latin) two; twicebi-; bio- (Greek) life; living-blast- sprout; germ; budbrachi- armbrachy- shortbrady- slowbranchi- finbrev- shortbronch- tubecac- badcalor- heatcapill- haircapit- headcarcin- cancercardi- heartcarn- meat; fleshcarp- fruitcarpal- wristcata- breakdown; downwardcaud- tail-cell- chamber; small roomcen-; -cene now; recentcente- piercecenti- hundredthcentr- centercephal- headcerat- horncerebr- brain

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cervic- neckchel- clawchem.- dealing with chemicalschir- handchlor- greenchondr- cartilagechrom-; -chrome colorchron- time-chym- juice-cid-; -cis- cut; kill; fallcirca-; circum- around; aboutcirru- hairlike curlsco- with; togethercocc- seed; berrycoel- hollowcoll- glueconi- conecontra- againstcorp- bodycort-; cortic- outer layercosmo- world; order; formcotyl- cupcounter- againstcrani- bodycresc-; cret- begin to growcrypt- hidden; covered-cul-; -cule small; diminutivecumul- heapedcuti- skincyan- blue-cycle; cycl- ring; circle-cyst- sac; pouch; bladdercyt-; -cyte cell; hollow containerdactyl- fingerde- away from; downdeca- tendeci- tenthdeliquesc- become fluiddemi- halfdendr- treedent- toothderm- skindi-; dipl- (Latin) two; doubledi-; dia- (Greek) through; across; apartdia- (Latin) day

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digit- finger; toedin- terribledis- apart; outdorm- sleepdors- backdu-; duo- two-duct leaddynam- powerdys- bad; abnormal; difficultec- out of; away fromechin- spiny; pricklyeco- houseecto- outside of-elle small-emia blooden-; endo-; ent- in; into; within-en made ofencephal- brainenter- intestine; gutentom- insects-eous nature of; likeepi- upon; above; over-err- wander; go astrayerythro- red-escent becomingeso- inward; within; innereu- well; good; true; normaleury- widenex- out of; away fromextra- beyond; outside-fer- bear; carry; produceferro- ironfibr- fiber; thread-fid; fiss- split; divided into-flect; -flex bendflor- flowerflu-; fluct- flux; flowfoli- leaffract- break-gam- marriagegastr- stomachgeo- land; earth-gen; -gine producer; former-gene- origin; birth-gest- carry; produce; bear

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-glen- eyeball-glob- ball; roundgloss- tonguegluc-; glyc- sweet; sugarglut- buttockgnath- jaw-gon angle; corner-grad- step-gram graph record; writinggrav- heavy-gross- thickgymno- naked; baregyn- femalegyr- ring; circle; spiral-hal-; -hale breathe; breathhalo- salthapi- simplehecto- hundred-helminth- wormhem- bloodhemi- halfhepar-; hepat- liverherb- grass; plantshetero- different; otherhex- sixhibern- winterhidr- sweathipp- horsehist- tissueholo- entire; wholehomo- (Latin) man; humanhomo- (Greek) same; alikehort- gardenhydr- waterhygr- moist; wethyper- above; beyond; overhyph- weaving; webhypno- sleephypo- below; under; lesshyster- womb; uterus-iac person afflicted with disease-iasis disease; abnormal condition-ic (adjective former)ichthy- fishign- fire

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in-; il-; im-; ir- notin-; il-; im-; ir- to; toward; intoin- very; thoroughly-ine of or pertaining toinfra- below; beneathinter- betweenintra- within; inside-ism a state or conditioniso- equal; same-ist person who deals with-it is inflammation; disease-ium refers to a part of the body-kary- cell nucleuskel- tumor; swellingkerat- hornkilo- thousandkine- movelachry- tearlact- milklat- sideleio- smooth-less withoutleuc-; leuk- white; bright; lightlign- woodlin- linelingu- tonguelip- fatlith-; -lite stone; petrifyingloc- place-log- word; speech-logist one who studies-logy study oflumin- light-lys-; -lyt-; -lyst decompose; split; dissolvemacr- largemalac- softmalle- hammermamm- breastmarg- border; edgemast- breastmed- middlemeg- million; greatmela-; melan- black; dark-mer partmes- middle; half; intermediate

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met-; meta- between; along; after-meter; -metry measurementmicro- small; millionthmilli- thousandthmis- wrong; incorrectmito- threadmole- massmono- one; singlemort- death-mot- movemorph- shape; formmulti- manymut- changemy- musclemyc- fungusmycel- threadlikemyria- manymoll- softnas- nosenecr- corpse; deadnemat- threadneo- new; recentnephro- kidney-ner- moist; liquidneur- nervenoct-; nox- night-node knot-nom-; -nomy ordered knowledge; lawnon- notnot- backnuc- centerob- againstocul- eyeoct- eightodont- tooth-oid form; appearanceolf- smelloligo- few; little-oma abnormal condition; tumoromni- allonc- mass; tumoroo- eggopthalm- eyeopt- eyeorb- circle; round; ring

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-orium; -ory place for somethingornith- birdorth- straight; correct; rightoscu- mouth-osis abnormal conditionoste- boneoto- ear-ous full ofov- eggoxy- sharp; acid; oxygenpachy- thickpaleo- old; ancientpalm- broad; flatpan- allpar-; para- beside; near; equalpath-; -pathy disease; suffering-ped foot-ped- childpent- fiveper- throughperi- aroundpermea- pass; gophag- eatpheno- show-phil- loving; fond ofphon-; -phone sound-phore; pher- bear; carryphoto- lightphren- mind; diaphragmphyc- seaweed; algaephyl- related group-phyll leafphysi- nature; natural qualitiesphyt-; -phyte plantpino- drinkpinni- featherplan- roaming; wanderingplasm-; -plast- form; formed intoplaty- flatpleur- lung; rib; sidepneumo- lungs; air-pod footpoly- many; severalpor- openingport- carry

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post- afterpom- applepre- beforeprim- firstquadr- fourquin- fiveradi- rayre- again; backrect- right; correctren- kidneyret- net; made like a netrhag-; -rrage burst forthrhe-; -rrhea flowrhin- noserhiz- rootrhodo- roseroto- wheelrubr- redsacchar- sugarsapr- rottensarc- fleshsaur- lizardschis-; schiz- split; dividesci- knowscler- hard-scop- look; device for seeing-scribe; -script writesemi- half; partlysept- partition; seven-septic infection; putrefactionsess- sitsex- six-sis condition; statesol- sunsolv- loosen; freesom-; somat-; -some bodysomn- sleepson- soundspec-; spic- look at-sperm- seed-spher- ball; roundspir-; -spire breathe-spor- seedstat-; -stasis standing; placed; stayingstell- stars

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sten- narrowstern- chest; breaststom-; -stome mouthstrat- layerstereo- solid; three-dimensionalstrict- drawn tightstyl- pillarsub- under; belowsuper-; sur- over; above; on topsym-; syn- togethertachy- quick; swifttarso- ankletax- arrange; put in ordertele- far off; distanttelo- endterr- earth; landtetr- fourthall- young shoot-the; -thes- put-thel- cover a surface-therm- heat-tom- cut; slicetoxico- poisontop- placetrache- windpipetrans- acrosstri- threetrich- hair-trop- turn; change-troph- nourishment; one who healsturb- whirl-ul-; -ule diminutive; smallultra- beyonduni- oneur- urine-ura tailvas- vesselvect- carryven-; vent- comeventr- underside-verge turn; slantvig- strongvit-; viv- lifevolv- roll; wander-vor- devour; eat

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xanth- yellowxero- dryxyl- woodzo-; -zoa animalzyg- joined togetherzym- yeast

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